GUILTY NY - 30 injured in Manhattan bombing, 17 Sept 2016 *Ahmad Khan Rahimi arrested*

[jjenny]

He left a NOTE? with the bomb?

This makes no sense, again. Here we go....

As far as I can tell note was found on him when he was arrested.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ny...khan-rahami-left-behind-rambling-note-n651171

 

[jjenny]

um, trying again, i know :blush:

If the bomb doesn't go off, then the note is intended to do something too, but the intent may be to get on the run, accrue maximum damage and fear... if that makes any sense.

I don't believe he left a note with a bomb. Note was found on him when he was arrested.

 

[i.b.nora]

As far as I can tell note was found on him when he was arrested.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ny...khan-rahami-left-behind-rambling-note-n651171

From the article:

“When bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami was captured, he was carrying a notebook containing a "rambling" missive that praised a slain Al-Qaeda leader and mentioned several deadly terror attacks, NBC News learned Tuesday.

It was "a hodgepodge, a rambling, disconnected, choppy series of references to past events," a law enforcement official said.

The note referenced the deadly Fort Hood shooting and the Boston Marathon bombings as well as slain Al Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki, the official said.”​

More...

 

[Elley Mae]

A handwritten letter and a notebook that was found on his person are rambling and incoherent, but make reference to Muslims being killed and mention notorious terrorists, including Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-Yemeni Al Qaeda cleric who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2011. Rahami also wrote about the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood and the Boston Marathon bombers, who deployed pressure-cooker bombs — similar to what Rahami used on the Chelsea sidewalk — at the finish line of that race.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...pect-told-police-his-son-was-a-terrorist.html

Officials now say the woman had been in the United States and departed just days before the explosions on a race route in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and on a busy street in Chelsea, Manhattan. Authorities are working with officials in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates to try to track her down. Rahami’s mother, Najiba Rahami, reportedly left for Turkey three weeks ago and is allegedly still overseas. An older brother, Mohammad, is believed to currently be in Afghanistan.

 

[Elley Mae]

I would think he was communicating with his brother in afghanistan. jmo

 

[Elley Mae]

“One of his visits took him to Quetta, in Northwest Pakistan, that’s a tough place,” Lynch said this morning on Boston Herald Radio. “I have been to Pakistan a number of times and the have never let me go to Quetta because it’s sort of a headquarters for the Taliban.”

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/na...aliban_stronghold_should_have_raised_red_flag

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If someone, particularly a U.S. citizen, goes back and forth to Quetta, I think that would raise a bit of a red flag for me,” Lynch said. “But I understand they interviewed him when he came back each time and decided he was not a threat.”

The South Boston Democrat emphasized he is not trying to “bash” the bureau.

“You can’t always discern which individual is going to be radicalized,” he said. “But there are a lot of dots out there that could indicate this guy would be a problem.”

 

[human]

Reports now say his wife AND his mother left the country recently:

"The wife and mother of bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami left the U.S. just days before the coordinated attacks in Manhattan and New Jersey, a law enforcement official revealed....

His wife, whose name has not been revealed, was able to enter the country but left the U.S. just days before the terrorist attacks her husband is suspected of carrying out. His mother, Najiba Rahami, left the country for Turkey three weeks before the bombings and has yet to return, a U.S. official told ABC News."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...hami-left-u-s-days-bombings-article-1.2799294

Maybe he was ticked off about that.

 

[JerseyGirl]

A friend of the family for many years said ... Mohammad Rahami told him he was from Kandahar and had been part of the mujahedeen in Afghanistan that fought the Soviet Army. While the father said he did not harbor anti-American feeling, he opposed the war in Afghanistan. But, Mr. Wagner said, the elder Rahami was dubious of the Taliban and detested ISIS.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/ahmad-khan-rahami-bombing-suspect.html

 

[Momoffourboys]

Family members:

Mohammad Khan Rahami, who said online that he lived above the chicken restaurant run by the suspect’s family, shared an image around three years ago that appears to support jihad. The picture shows foreign fighters training in Syria, with a quote by Khalid Bin Walid, a military commander and companion of the Prophet Muhammad. “I bring the men who desire death as ardently as you desire life,” reads the quote, which is often shared on social media by jihadists. A reverse image search leads to a forum affiliated with Islamist and jihadist sympathizers.

That user, Mohammad Khan Rahami, checked in on Facebook more than two years ago at First American Fried Chicken, which is run by the bombing suspect’s family, telling a friend that he’d lived there.

Mohammad Khan Rahami’s Facebook profile shows connections with other possible members of the Rahami family. A second possible relative, known as Nasim Rahami, tagged in a family picture shared on Mohammad Rahami’s profile, as well as to other members of his family. Nasim shared an image in 2012 displaying the word ‘Jihad,’ a masked figure, and Arabic script often displayed on the Black Standard commonly employed by jihadist groups.

The text on the black image is the Shahada or Muslim declaration of faith, a phrase that while not necessarily radical itself also appears on the ISIS flag.

http://www.vocativ.com/360303/relatives-of-chelsea-bombing-suspect-jihadi-images/

Thank you for posting this. The last image is what I was researching last night re arabic writing. The top says JIHAD in funky letters. The arabic writing is what I was trying to decipher.

 

[Momoffourboys]

These last few posts about anti American inuendo from him and family...really piss me off.

They grew up here. Went to public schools. Community colleges. Became educated. Married. Had children. Owned a business. Drove nice cars. Made a good income. Enjoyed freedoms. Learned how to work the system. And then...terror. I just can't!!!

 

[jjenny]

These last few posts about anti American inuendo from him and family...really piss me off.

They grew up here. Went to public schools. Community colleges. Became educated. Married. Had children. Owned a business. Drove nice cars. Made a good income. Enjoyed freedoms. Learned how to work the system. And then...terror. I just can't!!!

Similar profile to the Boston Bombers. Parents come with children who are still young. They are not very religious , wear american clothing, etc. Yet the children grow up, start visiting country of origin, become very religious and observant. They might be somewhat successful but seem to want much more.

 

[jjenny]

Regarding a brother in Afghanistan. One of the brothers reportedly fled to Afghanistan because he gotten into a fight with a police officer.

"When the family refused to abide by the ordinance, one of Ahmad Rahami’s brothers got into a fight with a police officer who was responding to a noise complaint. The brother reportedly fled the U.S. for the family’s home country of Afghanistan before he could face charges."

http://www.ibtimes.com/ahmad-khan-r...mplained-about-discrimination-bombing-2418438

 

[Momoffourboys]

Similar profile to the Boston Bombers. Parents come with children who are still young. They are not very religious , wear american clothing, etc. Yet the children grow up, start visiting country of origin, become very religious and observant. They might be somewhat successful but seem to want much more.

Yes. You're right.
What blows my mind is...I am an immigrant. Many of my friends are immigrants. Yet...we are more patriotic than many of our American born friends. We are so greatful for the opportunities granted to us. For our freedoms. Just very hard to understand.

 

[human]

Similar profile to the Boston Bombers. Parents come with children who are still young. They are not very religious , wear american clothing, etc. Yet the children grow up, start visiting country of origin, become very religious and observant. They might be somewhat successful but seem to want much more.

I think it has to do with the family dynamics. Seems like child abuse is a commn theme for Boston, Florida and now here.

It is interesting to me that people have breakdowns over this but shootings of elementary school children, shootings at Malls, etc are not met with billions of dollars of intervention. Curious

 

[jjenny]

Doesn't seem anything of the sort to me. I haven't seen a thing suggesting that the suspect in this case was abused in any way as a child. In fact his classmates seem to remember him fondly (at least from what has been reported), and nobody said any child abuse was going on. Here are his classmates saying he was well-dressed and funny.

"Nothing out of the ordinary,” he said. “We remember him being well-dressed, and when he did talk, it was not abrasive, it was funny.”"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ahmad-kh...nny-calls-allegations-shocking-230921548.html

 

[Inthedetails]

I think it has to do with the family dynamics. Seems like child abuse is a commn theme for Boston, Florida and now here.

snipped by me

I also see a pattern where these young men aren't quite making it, but not for lack of intelligence as all of them seem capable of being successful....yet aren't quite sucessful. So instead of really buckling down to make it, they lash out.

Just my armchair opinion.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Update; The wife of Ahmad Rahami is cooperating with investigators, according to US officials. @ShimonPro reports

https://mobile.twitter.com/NYCityAlerts/status/778316275487543296

 

[Momoffourboys]

THEY DID NOT DO THE JOB": Accused terrorist Ahmad Khan Rahami's dad says FBI's botched probe made way for bombings http://nydn.us/2deLxwf

https://mobile.twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/778335685275217920

(The nerve! )

 

[Inthedetails]

THEY DID NOT DO THE JOB": Accused terrorist Ahmad Khan Rahami's dad says FBI's botched probe made way for bombings http://nydn.us/2deLxwf

https://mobile.twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/778335685275217920

(The nerve! )

So it's the FBI's fault that his son bombed places and hurt people?

Um, no.

And I read earlier that the father himself recanted when the FBI started an investigation - the father said his son was a terrorist and then he took it back. It's like a bully pointing at someone else to deflect blame.

jmopinion

 

[Inthedetails]

"The ex-high school sweetheart of the accused Chelsea terrorist bomber asked a New Jersey court Tuesday to give her full custody of their child — and issue a restraining order against the suspect, according to NBC News."

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ahmad-khan-rahami-files-full-custody-child-article-1.2799779

(I don't think she'll have a problem getting her requests granted.)